tick

IPA: tˈɪk

noun

  • A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
  • A relatively quiet but sharp sound generally made repeatedly by moving machinery.
  • A mark on any scale of measurement; a unit of measurement.
  • (computing) A jiffy (unit of time defined by basic timer frequency).
  • (colloquial) A short period of time, particularly a second.
  • (video games) A periodic increment of damage or healing caused by an ongoing status effect.
  • (gaming) Each of the fixed time periods, in a tick-based game, in which players or characters may perform a set number of actions.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland) A mark (✓) made to indicate agreement, correctness or acknowledgement.
  • (birdwatching) A bird seen (or heard) by a birdwatcher, for the first time that day, year, trip, etc., and thus added to a list of observed birds.
  • (ornithology) A whinchat (Saxicola rubetra).
  • A tap or light touch.
  • A slight speck.
  • (uncountable) Ticking.
  • A sheet that wraps around a mattress; the cover of a mattress, containing the filling.
  • (UK, colloquial) Credit, trust.
  • (obsolete, place names) A goat.

verb

  • To make a clicking noise similar to the movement of the hands in an analog clock.
  • To make a tick or checkmark.
  • (informal, intransitive) To work or operate, especially mechanically.
  • To strike gently; to pat.
  • (birdwatching, transitive) To add (a bird) to a list of birds that have been seen (or heard).
  • (intransitive) To go on trust, or credit.
  • (transitive) To give tick; to trust.
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